Hax4us / unstable-packages

A place for new or unstable packages.

Repository for new/unstable packages

There are located packages which were requested, but not added to the main Termux repository due to various reasons. Packages available here may have lower quality, be unstable or not work at all.

Only for Termux installations on Android 7.0 or higher.

Issue reporting is disabled: unstable package means that it is known to be problematic.

How to enable this repository

To enable this package repository run:

pkg install unstable-repo

Building packages manually

You can build all packages manually by using provided docker image. The only requirements are Linux-based host with Docker installed.

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/termux/unstable-packages
   

2. Enter build environment (will download docker image if necessary):

   cd ./unstable-packages
   ./start-builder.sh
   

3. Choose package you want to build and run:

   ./build-package.sh -a ${arch} ${package name}
   

   Replace ${arch} with target CPU architecture and ${package name} with package name you want to build.

Contributing

I am working on packages in my spare time and probably will not be able to process your issues instantly. It would be very helpful if you submit a pull request with new packages or bug fixes.

If you wish to contribute, please take a look at Unstable packages contributing guide and developer's wiki pages.

Status of packages

Here is a list of available packages with some information about their usability.

Package	Is stable ?	Need root ?	Notes
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atomvm			As its readme states: AtomVM is still in its early stages.
bftpd			Not tested.
ccls			Not tested.
cppcheck			Not tested.
distcc			Not tested.
docopt			Not tested.
electrum			Uses external python modules.
enscript			Tries to use 'lpr' utility.
fdroidcl			Some functionality relies on ADB.
fetchmail			fetchmailconf requires tkinter in python2.
gitflow-avh			Requires dependency list fix.
gopass			Reports problems with GPG key generation.
guile18			Is termux/termux-packages#3360 still applicable ?
guile			Is termux/termux-packages#3360 still applicable ?
haproxy			Not tested.
hashcat			May crash OS. May not find own OpenCL directory.
jigdo			Not tested.
libburn
libisoburn			Reports sizeof(off_t) is too small for 32bit installations. Same goes for libburn and libisofs.
libisofs
libopenfec			Not tested.
libsixel			Not tested.
metasploit			Uses external Ruby modules and sideloading.
nmh			Not tested.
openldap			Not tested.
pandoc			Not native binary. Relies on QEMU.
racket
rapidjson			Not tested.
restic-server			Not tested.
rustc-nightly			Nightly branch of Rust.
shtool			Not tested.
smalltalk
srelay
sqlmap			Not tested.
surfraw			Needs fix for hardcoded paths.
tcc			No support for generation of PIE executables.
telegram-cli			May crash under certain conditions.
vlang			Not tested.
yara			Always exits with error: 31.
zeronet			Uses external python modules.

Disabled packages

These packages are excluded from main source tree. Some of them may be available for installation, others are not.

• a2ps - segmentation fault on AArch64 for unknown reason.

• geckodriver - useless without 'firefox' package.

• micropython - requires update & build fix.

• roc - doesn't support CI autobuilds as requires Pulseaudio build directory.

• setoolkit - completely unusable due to portability issues and hard relying on external utilities.

• shiori - compilation error with Go 1.13.